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Does the MMPI‐168 exaggerate psychotic pathology?
Author(s) -
Dingemans Peter M.,
Wekking Ellie M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199605)52:3<297::aid-jclp6>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , clinical psychology , psychoanalysis , personality
Three scoring versions of the MMPI, scored on the same protocol, were compared in a multivariate design with 198 psychiatric patients. The MMPI‐168 schizophrenia scale had a statistically higher elevation than the Dutch and American scoring versions. This makes MMPI‐168 profiles more often “schizophrenic” than other scoring versions. The MMPI‐168 systematically overscores the presence of “psychotic” code types, 45% of all protocols. Implications of the findings are discussed. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.